Students debate Roe v. Wade before panel of Judges.
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William H. Rehnquist

“But the greatest injury of the 'wall' notion is its mischievous diversion of judges from the actual intentions of the drafters of the Bill of Rights ... The "wall of separation between church and state" is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned.”

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Douglas MacArthur

"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. "

WWII General

William H. Rehnquist

“It is truly surprising that the state must assign a greater value to a mother's decision to cut off a potential human life by abortion than to a father's decision to let it mature into a live child.”

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Harry S. Truman

"We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God."

President

Abraham Lincoln

"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds."

President

Theodore Roosevelt

"The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight."

President

Entered the Union: May 29, 1848 (30)

Capital: Madison

Origin of Name: From the Cheppewa Indian word "Ouisconsin" believed to mean "river that meanders through something red."

The Winnebago, Menominee, and Dakota Indians lived in Wisconsin when the first French explorer arrived in 1634.

French explorer, Jean Nicolet, landed at Green Bay in 1634. In 1660 a French trading post and Catholic mission were established near present-day Ashland.

Great Britain obtained the region in settlement of the French and Indian Wars in 1763; the U.S. acquired it in 1783 after the Revolutionary War. However, Great Britain retained actual control until after the War of 1812.

In 1854, Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act. This act allowed settlers of the two states to decide the question of slavery in their state. Many Wisconsinites opposed slavery and held a meeting to protest the possibility of slavery within the new states. This meeting in Ripon, led to the foundation of the Republican Party.

Wisconsin is known as the Badger State after the habits of early miners in the region who either lived in mine shafts or dug their homes out of the sides of hills -- just like Badgers do.

Wisconsin is the dairy capital of the United States and is sometimes called "America's Dairyland." It has more dairy cows than any other state (1,500,000), produces more milk than any other state -- and 15% of the entire country's milk.

Wisconsin has over 14,000 lakes and 7,446 streams and rivers.

Milwaukee's Summerfest is the nation's largest music festival, with over 2,500 performers.

Milwaukee is home of Harley Davidson Motorcycles.

Door County has five state parks and 250 miles of shoreline along Lake Michigan.

In 1882 the first hydroelectric plant in the United States was built at Fox River.

The first practical typewriter was designed in Milwaukee in 1867.

Wausau is the Ginseng Capital of the World.

The American Birkebeiner, a 52K cross-country ski race between Cable and Hayward, is the largest on the North American continent.

Wisconsin snowmobile trails total 15,210 miles of signed and groomed snow highways. Eagle River is known as the Snowmobile Capital of the World.

Noah's Ark in Wisconsin Dells is the nation's largest water-themed park.

The nation's first kindergarten was established in Watertown in 1856. Its first students were local German-speaking youngsters.

The original Barbie is from Willows. Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.

The first Ringling Brothers Circus was staged in Baraboo in 1884.

Monroe is the Swiss Cheese Capital of the World.

With an average of 2,500 performers, Milwaukee's Summerfest is the nation's largest music festival.

Designed and built in the early 1940s, the House on the Rock is considered an architectural marvel and is perched on a 60-foot chimney of rock. The 14-room house is now a complex of rooms, streets, buildings, and gardens covering over 200 acres. The Infinity Room contains 3,264 windows.

March 3
National Anthem Day
celebrates the writing and history behind "The Star-Spangled Banner," which officially became the national anthem of the United States of America on March 3, 1931.
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March 17St. Patrick's Day
is celebrated internationally in honor of Saint Patrick of Ireland. Patrick used the shamrock, a 3-leaf plant, to explain the Holy Trinity. The wearing of green and shamrock decor is widely used in celebration of this holiday.
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March 20
Spring Equinox
At the start of spring, the spring equinox, day and night are 12 hours long and the Sun is at the midpoint of the sky. Our north pole tilts towards the Sun.Read more in our forum.

The Cheese Pirates
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